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s. w. MAQUAY. IIRIMARYBATTBRY AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMP.

' No. 527,436. Patented oct. 16, 1894.

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' l S. W. MAQUAY. PRIMARY BATTE RY AND PORTABLE ELECTRIC-LAMP.

PatentedOct. 16

INVENTOR.

casing on to thecoven'the screw'beihg solution and this may'be' done bymeans of a tube. or passage 'Q-in `tliepl-atef for each cell.' Vith; this arrangement'lo'wever ,there 'is a i 5 danger of "the liquid-escaping.whenthebatf tery is tilted, .and thus corroding the confnec;. tions. To-avoid thisI placeoveitbe tubeso receptaclespprovided with a'sni'all perdierationior pin holesv toallonT` for the-escape` of' zo the gas generated, thefrec'ept-acle holding the liquid if any escapes frointhe'tube o when the lbattery istiltedand'allowingitto' run*A back into the cell-when th-e'- battery is yheld 'Ihese'receptacles arefprefvertically again, 25 erably-of india. rubber. l

- The rods care of metal'but cased w' h vul-` canite toprevent their being corroded by the liquid orgases, the metal lportion .being in contact with a metal ring r suitably insulated 3o from the frame d as is also the 'metal portiony yof the rod passing through said frame. To the metal ringe/1j is solderedv a sliort-pieceofy spring s which makes contact with4 the metal 3 5 a Theconnections will be readily understood `hype-lisons familiar with batteries oi'thisv Vo1ass,` and`also by reference to Fig. 2, from which it will be s een that the zinc of one cell is vconnected through the stuing box e, as be 4o fore explained, with the carbon of'the other cellgnext in order, such connections being made by metal strips orwires, the carbon of thelast cell beingfin connection with the vspring strip t (Figs. and 2), while the zinc 45 of the'rst cell is in connectioniwith the strip t". Each of these strips makes a spring contact-With studs in the case of the battery, such studs forming the Alamp terminals.

`In Figs. 4t and 5 the lid or cover z' carries 5o two fixed studs m at opposite points, such `studs holding in slotsin the. case after the fashion of a bayonet joint.. To prevent-r the cover coming otf` by anaccidentaltnrn of the handle a stud 'L' vis pivoted to the front of the turnen.

it' isncessaryl-in batteries of thisclassto, provide means for the escape offg'as 'from the 'the cellaa liquiditight plateover same', means my handv in t sans@ y.

4portion .of the slot', but being capable otlre# remove the stndnfrom'tlie slotfand allori the i carbone, .st'nning boxes carried- 'by the plate, means 4for secu-ring'l the'latter, a frame, insu-v In a primary battery Vand-'in combination for-securing:4 the plate, a' frame, rods attached.

zincborizontallycarried' by the rods, means for raising and-lowering the frame andzi'ncs,

betweenthe Strips andthe zincjs and carbons andan .incandescent lamp connected to the Vtially as described; f

' wit-h thecells, of a liquid tight platel covering same, means for. securing the plate, atnbeor. passage' in the plate 'to-allow of the escape of same', carried, byV the and forthe purpose-described'. v In testimony whereof. I have here he 'presence .of two suhsnvhn" Witn'e'as'ses.r

SAMUEL WILLIAM .MAQUASL Vitnesses:

PHILIPJM, Justicia; ALLEN PARRYJ ONES.

aubefntially @Steed for .the

acovengthe casa-terminals .carried byfthej case', springstrips,carriedf'by the platejmak- .fing contact with the terminals, connections.

terminals and l'carried byth'ecase substan-- gas from each cell, and an elasticreceptacle' provided with asmall opening orpin hole in tube, substantially as Ico unto set balaie, such. site' asparagine asfeemai'gg-g f '--moxzaltlierefronr by pressure upon atliumb piece-w' providedwitlra s'pri1 1g"- n wlrich will 6o' 1, In appifmaijy batteryand'in ombinatiion', u

- the cette; a1 frame. adapted to beeasily raised .'or'lowered,linsn1ated rods' attached to said '16s"A boxes,'tbrongligwhich said rods pass andzincs.

quid tight plate` oyer sa'1ne,the

lated rodsattached tothe frame passing carried by thero'd's, a c'over azid-a'ha-ndle passv stantially as ,described 'i l thereto passingjhrongh .the plate, disksofg 4. In a primary-battery the combiniiton'; 

